The Family
Anne Hamilton-Byrne was beautiful, charismatic and delusional. She was also incredibly dangerous. Convinced she was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, Hamilton-Byrne headed an apocalyptic sect called The Family, which was prominent in Melbourne from the 1960s through to the 1990s. With her husband Bill, she acquired numerous children – some through adoption scams, some born to cult members – and raised them as her own. Isolated from the outside world, the children were dressed in matching outfits, had identical dyed blonde hair, and were allegedly beaten, starved and injected with LSD. Taught that Hamilton-Byrne was both their mother and the messiah, the children were eventually rescued during a police raid in 1987, but their trauma had only just begun.
Crew
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Livia Ruzic
Sound Designer
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Rosie Jones
Director
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Rosie Jones
Writer
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Rosie Jones
Co-Producer
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Mark Tarpey
Sound Recordist
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Lex De Man
Consulting Editor
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Aida Innocente
Production Manager
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Jaems Grant
Director of Photography
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Keith Thomas
Sound Designer
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Jane Usher
Editor
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Barbara Ghammashi
Executive Producer
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Anna Grieve
Producer
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Anna Grieve
Production Manager
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